A British Army officer’s wife’s account of a route march in colonial India
Troops moving between garrisons in the colony took a route march when there was no available railway. Feb 25, 2021 · 09:30 pm Sketches of a march with elephants, camels, horsemen and Indian servants from Robert Place Smith, Sketchbook of 27 drawings of views made during a march from Benares to Bareilly 1814. | British Library WD 312, f.25v Images Online
Edith E Cuthell was a well-known author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of her stories drew on her experiences as the wife of a British Army officer serving in India. In